Stop Studying Finnish. Start Speaking It.
I'm Irina and I learned Finnish as an adult in Finland. I get why so many of us struggle to speak. Let me show you strategic approaches for moving from studying to actually using Finnish.
You've done courses, aced exams, completed all your Duolingo.
But when it comes to actually SPEAKING Finnish, nothing's changed.
↩️ You rehearse sentences in your head but avoid using them.
↩️ You get the English menu.
↩️ You smile and nod.
↩️ Your friends have no idea how much Finnish you actually know.
And you can't see a way forward. But you wish you did!
You're not the problem—the approach is.
 
        ⚡ My breakthrough: I shifted from studying Finnish to strategically using it for my daily goals - and everything changed." ⚡
Instead of beating myself up for not reading the newspaper again (as my teacher had suggested), I started using Finnish for things that I actually needed to do in my daily life. Because after all, isn't that why I'm learning a language in the first place?
What's blocking you isn't lack of knowledge - it's not having clear methods to move from classroom Finnish to everyday situations.